Re: Re: hh.org bootldr almost working!

Hi,

another nice option with bootldr would be to have some kind of dual boot 
ability. One system can be stored on the flash memory and another could be 
bootet from some PCMCIA storage card. Bootldr already supports booting from 
PCMCIA on the Simpad, it's just the flash on the 32MB devices which is not 
working yet.

cya
Alex

On Wednesday 21 January 2004 18:26, Nils Faerber wrote:
> Am Mi, den 21.01.2004 schrieb Ralf Miunske um 18:15:
> > Hi Guys!
>
> Hi!
>
> > Am Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2004 15:32 schrieb Sven Lankes:
> > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 03:16:25PM +0100, Schweizer Walter wrote:
> > > > bootloader. The original should do, because
> >
> > [..]
> >
> > > The new bootloader would make development much easier
> > > (esp. Kernel development).
> >
> > Erm? What could be easier than tftp-downloading the kernel from network
> > to ram and running it directly from there without flashing a single bit?
> > Which additional features are really provided that are not an ease to
> > have it done on the desktop machine connected? Nothing really againt a
> > new bootloader, but I can't see any real advantages or disadvantages. OK,
> > Arnold is quite a bit
>
> [...]
>
> What about booting a kernel out of a filesystem like JFFS2?
> This is a huge advantage against the current situation where you have to
> build some strange custom bootblock.
>
> I would vote for bootldr!
> Especially since it is almost finished!
>
> CU
>   nils faerber



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